A clip from the first episode of Mononoke. It's a spin-off from a ghost story anime called Ayakashi (not to be mistaken with the horrid magical girl anime of the same name). The art is gorgeous, and the animation has a really interesting paper-doll / disjointed quality to it. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=228241#Comment_228241Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:46:41 -0500Pupatohere´s Jan Svankmajer´s "FOOD" : )

One of the most succesful blends of 2D and 3D animation I've ever seen. Also my favourite animator. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=228362#Comment_228362Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:21:04 -0500GreasemonkeyThe Mist ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=228364#Comment_228364Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:35:48 -0500GreasemonkeyBack before they were churning out low-budget crap like The Flintstones, Hanna and Barbera were responsible for some gorgeous work. In particular, check out the high quality of the backgrounds, with beautifully carved wooden furniture and a vibrant palette. Appliances, walls and carpeting, ornaments and sundry items are all rendered with artistry rather than roughly sketched in as filler.

Renaissance ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=229159#Comment_229159Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:08:11 -0500William Joseph Dunn
"Back before they were churning out low-budget crap like The Flintstones, Hanna and Barbera were responsible for some gorgeous work."

I would argue that even though the H&B stuff was lower budget, the first two seasons of the Flintstones were awesome. you can usually tell if an episode is from the first few seasons by the color of the interior of the Flintstone's house (blue instead of beige) and Barney's nose (pointy and long, not short and squat like Fred's nose). I still love some of the old H&B stuff like the Herculiods (a cool revamp of that would be something I would love to work on), Space Ghost and Johnny Quest. all of which sport beautiful character designs by the late, great Alex Toth. limited animation yes, but well designed.

I love this Buckethead video that used Hermanus Busch imagery done a few years ago:

and Jason Forrest's "War Photographer" video by Joel Thrussell:

anything by Jiri Barta is worth watching at least once:

and of coarse the Quay Bros.:

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=229203#Comment_229203Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:26:57 -0500Greasemonkey"I would argue that even though the H&B stuff was lower budget, the first two seasons of the Flintstones were awesome. you can usually tell if an episode is from the first few seasons by the color of the interior of the Flintstone's house (blue instead of beige) and Barney's nose (pointy and long, not short and squat like Fred's nose)."

I've only seen those terrible beige-interior Flintstones episodes, where usually the only background is an armchair roughly sketched in black and not coloured in. The Herculoids weren't bad, but IMO none of the later HB cartoons were a patch on their earlier Tom & Jerry work. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=229218#Comment_229218Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:08:46 -0500allanaThe Outstanding Animation Threadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=229221#Comment_229221
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=229221#Comment_229221Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:35:12 -0500Oxbrow
The Wrong Trousers - the train chase

Muramasa, because this kind of 2d work is *extremely* hard to do in realtime on current videogame hardware ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=229894#Comment_229894Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:58:00 -0500IsaacSher ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=229902#Comment_229902Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:04:02 -0500CarlGloverTrailer for Christiane Cegavske's film Blood Tea and Red String.She also animated the birds from The Heart is Deceitful Above All ThingsI think this is one of my most favorite threads I've seen on here yet. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=229934#Comment_229934Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:02:43 -0500Rachæl Tyrell

Because I'm actually a little surprised no one has brought up William Kentridge yet. These animations are done directly into charcoal drawings. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=230087#Comment_230087Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:47:16 -0500DraugLets start with some pure childhood nostalgia that still manages to entertain my boring grown up self "Resan till Melonia" a version of The tempest by one of my all time favourite animators Per Åhlin.Resan till Melonia

This is a much later find Raoul Servais that often manages to make me think a bit after seeing on of his films.Operation X-70

And the last animator I would like to mention is Jurij Norstein he just makes stunning stuff.Hedgehog in the fog

This is an odd one because I'm not sure I really like the animation that much but somehow it compliments the story so perfectly so the hole becomes greater then its parts.The Man with the Beautiful Eyes

This film is so great because it manages to take something as dated as marionettes and manages to use them in a innovative way and tells a better story because of it.STRINGS

This is just a wonderfully crazy must see film.Mind Game ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=230276#Comment_230276Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:30:46 -0500arklight
I remember the trailer, but not a film?

Anyone know?

Heri

http://www.youtube.com/thearklight ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=230299#Comment_230299Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:18:08 -0500William Joseph Dunn
Did that immortal film ever come out by the way?I remember the trailer, but nota film?

it came out. I rented it through Netflicks. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=230385#Comment_230385Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:42:42 -0500CarlGloverThis is actually in theaters right now. Just saw it, beautiful film. The Secret of Kells

... and an old favorite of mine Cat Soup

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=230389#Comment_230389Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:07:23 -0500MagnulusThe Outstanding Animation Threadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=232790#Comment_232790
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=232790#Comment_232790Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:53:11 -0500GreasemonkeyThe Black Hole ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=232882#Comment_232882Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:10:10 -0500Ben GwalchmaiThe Outstanding Animation Threadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=232884#Comment_232884
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=232884#Comment_232884Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:39:20 -0500city creedThe Arkpowerful little thing ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=236320#Comment_236320Thu, 06 May 2010 00:57:07 -0500GreasemonkeyThe Outstanding Animation Threadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=238914#Comment_238914
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=238914#Comment_238914Mon, 17 May 2010 14:20:41 -0500SkirikiI'd like to link a friend of mine who does traditional hand-drawn animation (although he colors them with computer); he has very distinctive style, and he's now working on more material. I've known him for ten years or thereabouts, and he's a big fan of comics; some characters featured in this clip are very reminescent of the Hulk. He recently graduated, and has been released into the wilds of the job market.

I personally find his animation style interesting: it is somewhere between anime and traditional animation, and he has a good eye for characters and backgrounds. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=239053#Comment_239053Mon, 17 May 2010 23:30:54 -0500Ben Gwalchmai
Beirut ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=239057#Comment_239057Tue, 18 May 2010 00:05:50 -0500razrangelIt's drawn very simply, basically black ink only. And is the narrative of the Custodian who is literally in custody over Earth and Humanity. He cleans up after people and feels a bit frustrated over the messes we make but has a grudging love for us. His narrative includes "The Kid" (Jesus) who listened too intently to his stories and ultimately decided to visit Earth and live among the people, which didn't go very well for him. Simple, sweet without being cloying, and haunting. And the damn thing is I have only seen it once, when it aired on PBS perhaps 15 years ago. Can't find it online anywhere.

The Cat PianoThis went around for a while, and I came across it from Coilhouse. Amazing animation, and bonus points for Nick Cave narration. Watching it in HD is glorious.

Cel Animation:

No conversation is complete without Duck Amuck

I'd add some stop motion if it weren't for the fact that Harryhausen has already been covered, and the whole world knows about Selick's work on Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline.

Special mention also to Richard Linklater for Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly, and Wes Anderson's Fantasitc Mr. Fox. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=254116#Comment_254116Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:42:16 -0500GreasemonkeyThe Outstanding Animation Threadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=254117#Comment_254117
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=254117#Comment_254117Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:50:36 -0500emonsterTerrible quality but I always loved Stevie Washington. They were first shown on MTV as a series of shorts. Later, Liquid Television played the shorts collected as one long short. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=254170#Comment_254170Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:44:04 -0500Thom B.
The Third and the Seventh.

Sorry for the click through but it's worth it. Also, watch it in HD, anything less is criminal.I watch this at least three times a week as a meditation. Seriously, this is the movie that Inception wanted to be to my mind. I'd compare this with any masterpiece by Vermeer, Renoir, Monnet, whoever your favorite painter is.Take take 15 minutes on your own with absolutely no distractions and be amazed. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=254179#Comment_254179Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:45:00 -0500emonster
Draug, thanks for posting The Raftman's Razor. I had never seen it before and have watched it a half dozen times this morning. Great work. I wish they would have published the five issues of the comic, could have been a great little promotional thing. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=254299#Comment_254299Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:06:37 -0500GreasemonkeyRed Hot Riding Hood ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=254301#Comment_254301Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:15:12 -0500Paprika

Lapis - James Whitney (1966)

First time I saw this I realised I had to go to art school. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=271882#Comment_271882Sat, 27 Nov 2010 02:38:48 -0600StotoRobert MorganThe Man in the Lower-Left hand Corner of the Photograph Part 1

The Man in the Lower-Left hand Corner of the Photograph Part 2

The Separation

You lot really do know some cool stuff. Another thank you for the thread. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=271895#Comment_271895Sat, 27 Nov 2010 08:16:17 -0600mister hexhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHk4VXMlE8Y

A video i saw late at night on some music channel and loved, when i read the title of the tread it was the first thing to pop into my head, sweet and a bit twisted. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=342719#Comment_342719Fri, 26 Oct 2012 05:23:39 -0500William Joseph Dunn

Because I LOVE the standy Batmobile and the way it turns, the space around it - it's just perfectly done - but I thought I'd get to the guts of Batman breaking the 4th wall with the HAMMERS OF JUSTICE!!! Because it's :-) :-I :-D :-( ;_;

I was put off BTB&tB initially by the lack of Hamill, Conroy and, most of all, the preceding The Bat-man which I tried to love but couldn't (The Edge's theme music didn't help - you're in U2 and you can't play guitar properly- stay away from Batman!!!) so I just figured me and the WB lived in different worlds.

Then I saw this: [from about a half hour in]

and I was - " 'the fuck is up Aquaman? " - and I found out - and my God what a great, great show Brave and the Bold is!

Maybe too few people saw the show when it was originally airing because the world wasn't ready to process how brilliant and bold it is. I love this show now and I still can't believe what I'm seeing in a Batman cartoon.

Detective Chimp!!!

-- and this is one of the best Batman moments going; any series, any time:

And for something completely different, that raving maniac Paul Robertson !You might recognize his style if you played the Scott Pilgrim video game for which he did a few animations, like : ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=344241#Comment_344241Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:29:08 -0600WoodI love how close to the Original comic it looks and yet the animation is perfect. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=344302#Comment_344302Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:28:12 -0600Yoav

edit: UURGH!!! I hate when this thing won't embed the video! ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=355666#Comment_355666Sun, 28 Jul 2013 23:27:05 -0500sebfowlerAnd now for something completely different. I've been seeing some pretty incredible Chinese animation recently, mostly from fine artist who use animation as their medium. This surreal pastel animation by Wang Haiyang is pretty much the only one I've been able to find online and is somewhat representative. Double Fikret is great too if you can track it down.

The craziest I've seen is a 15min woodblock animation (literally carved into the wood like linocut) by Sun Xun called "Some actions which have not been defined yet in the revolution". Just mind boggling if you ever get a chance to see it.

Inspired by this French comic from the late 1960's. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=356629#Comment_356629Wed, 14 Aug 2013 08:50:48 -0500roadscum ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=356734#Comment_356734Thu, 15 Aug 2013 23:36:23 -0500sebfowler@roadscum - Fantastic! I was watching that, thinking "This reminds of that weird Karl Marx & Marilyn Monroe animation I was shown a couple of years back. I should find that and post it." Got to the credits only to realise they were made by the same person, Estonian animator Priit Parn. So here's Karl and Marilyn, along with a few of his other shorts. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=356833#Comment_356833Sun, 18 Aug 2013 04:08:44 -0500Paul DuffieldThe Garden of Words

Debuted this Saturday night, first in the US then a few hours later in Japan. Appearing in other parts of the world in the days to come. Anyone else watch it?

It's definitely a little cringy-ish if you ignore the clever writing, I was sold long ago on the fact that it's written by Dai Sato and directed by Shinichiro Watanabe. Watanabe, of course, directed Cowboy Bebop & Samurai Champloo. Sato wrote on Bebop, as well as Ghost in the Shell, Eureka 7 and Ergo Proxy. The studio is Bones, which just manages to make the most amazing looking ...everything - Eureka, Darker than Black, Wolf's Rain, Fullmetal Alchemist and on and on.

So either this is a monster home run or the biggest failure since Ghostbusters II.

And I don't know why, as often as not, the "video/mp3" button just gives hyperlink code either. *grumble* ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=361701#Comment_361701Tue, 07 Jan 2014 17:35:27 -0600William Joseph DunnThe Outstanding Animation Threadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=361819#Comment_361819
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=361819#Comment_361819Sat, 11 Jan 2014 03:46:21 -0600razrangelInstead the stylization was the major character. Therefore, I really want to see where all this cleverness gets us. Something sharp and slick ("I know this because Tyler knows this") or something that goes splat and smells a little?

Tonight my brother sat me down and had me watch all of season 1 of RWBY, made by Rooster Teeth, the same production house that made Red vs Blue.RWBY

I enjoyed it quite a bit even if the animation falls well short of "outstanding." It was a fun story, making me think a little of Hunger Games and a lot of Soul Eater. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=363092#Comment_363092Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:22:46 -0600William Joseph Dunnhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO_4eaZKdjg#t=88

I AM SIMPSON!!!! ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=367905#Comment_367905Tue, 30 Sep 2014 09:06:31 -0500William Joseph DunnThe Outstanding Animation Threadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=367911#Comment_367911
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=367911#Comment_367911Wed, 01 Oct 2014 03:18:23 -0500TFI do too, but I suppose I can't blame the Simpsons for being a sit-com and for not being Ren and Stimpy - and Ren and Stimpy jumped to mind because that couch gag felt like a moment of weirdness that we used to get 90's.

Maybe when (if) as the show starts to draw close to cancellation they'll have a "we don't give a fuck" year and just push madness! In the man time I suppose The Treehouse of Horror's, couch gags and the odd drug/food induced sequence are a fair compromise. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=367923#Comment_367923Wed, 01 Oct 2014 14:10:43 -0500razrangelThe Outstanding Animation Threadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=368159#Comment_368159
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7951&Focus=368932#Comment_368932Mon, 05 Jan 2015 07:39:00 -0600razrangelYeah, in Japan it's just Innocence and not supposed to be considered a sequel, but it does have the same characters in the same world so....

Anyway, does anyone know how I can watch it with the English language dub? I don't know what I'd give to get my hands on it, but I was even looking at an Italian import and considering something 80$ for the disk and a couple hundred for a compatible player. (If you don't know, Dreamworks for some reason got the distributing license in the US and opted to only sell it with English subtitles - no English track. However, an English dub *was* eventually recorded by the actors who would go on to play the same characters in the TV series (Stand Alone Complex). But that track only seems to be available in Europe. I think??)

This is super baffling and confounding. This movie is jaw-droppingly gorgeous and I personally adore extended tangents into philosophical observations. I can't begin to understand why I can't get it with the English track. I want to hear the actors work their magic, I want to get the philosophical jaunts in my brain as spoken instead of read...